Worst Nicknames In Heavyweight History

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Very true, and - if you ask me - lame just the same.

i Agree it is lame

[Tatabanya]

i Agree it is lame

Well, to be honest most nicknames are lame in boxing. Only a few really stand the test of greatness, and it takes a perfect pairing - personality vs nickname - to achieve a memorable result.

I must admit that Roberto "Manos De Piedra" Duran and James "Lights Out" Toney still belong among my favorites. Iran "The Blade" Barkley is not bad, either.

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Well, to be honest most nicknames are lame in boxing. Only a few really stand the test of greatness, and it takes a perfect pairing - personality vs nickname - to achieve a memorable result.

I must admit that Roberto "Manos De Piedra" Duran and James "Lights Out" Toney still belong among my favorites. Iran "The Blade" Barkley is not bad, either.

yean another lame nickname is John "The Quiet Man" Ruiz
one i kind of like was Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson

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yean another lame nickname is John "The Quiet Man" Ruiz
one i kind of like was Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson

And another very nice one, though the fighter is rather secondary, was Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis... I read an interview with Lewis once, which basically said that he was called like that after an opponent declared to have been hit so hard by him that he saw six Lewis heads after the blow...

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Renaldo "Mister" Snipes
Acorn Earnie Shavers

[Joe Grizzley]

Thought about doing something different here just fir fun ,looking at the history of the sport what were some real winners ? This includes generic and reused names mostly .

1. Anthony Joshua ( A.J ) come on I understand it’s his brand simple and effective but a super star with just his initials is kind of unimaginative if there was one though not the worst and some may have been better off going this route .

2. Jared Anderson ( The Real Big Baby ) Just no .

3. David Adeleye ( Big D ) awful and a name that could get you scrutinized in the future fir obvious reasons ,just about as unimaginative you can get as well .

4 . Jeremy ( Half Man Half Amazing ) Williams . This could be the worst one .

5. James ( The Fighting Cowboy) Tillis .

6 . ( Big ) George Foreman . Just bland and not exciting definitely George was more then deserving of big .

7. Michael ( Double M ) Moorer . Definitely not the catchy triple G moniker .

8. Jarell ( Big Baby ) Miller

9 . Rid**** ( Big Daddy ) Bowe .

10. Frank ( True Brit ) Bruno .

11. Oleg ( The BiG O ) Maskayev

12. Larry ( The Legend ) Donald . This was bad because it was more of an Ali gimmick in the ring .

13. Tony ( The Artist ) Yoka .

I got to 12 anymore if so I’ll add them . It’s always interesting what fighters are thinking at the time they think it’s a good idea to attach a name to themselves . Particularly in today’s social media where anything that stands out can contribute to one’s profile, this list has already 5 guys though A.J is established and is a world trademark in his successful brand so he doesn’t really count but still makes this list .

Lance 'Goofi' Whitikar.

He had little kids behind him sometimes in his ringwalk like the pied piper. Extreme cringe!

Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss

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Three ones that lack any measure of excitement:


Mike "Hercules" Weaver

Wack.

Mike "The Dream" Weaver but I don't think the software was out then.

[Quercusalba]

Derek is sometimes shortened to Del

Del Boy is an iconic TV character in the UK from a comedy show called Only Fools and Horses, one of the most iconic TV characters of all time here, so I think it simply comes from that, having the same name.

Chisora was also a car salesman for BMW earlier in his career and started buying and selling cars. Del Boy the character was a wheeler dealer market trader, so I think that’s part of the link too.

Thanks for the info!

[BustedKnuckles]

You guys forgot about…

Darnell “The Ding A Ling Man” Wilson.

I'm gonna tell people to start calling me the Ding-a-ling man!

[Blond Beast]

You guys forgot about…

Darnell “The Ding A Ling Man” Wilson.

If im not mistaken I remember one of his fights where the commentators said his nickname came from outside of boxing. They didn’t go as far as to say what it implied, but we can assume considering they didn’t.